Article 4: Modify Wetlands Conservation Language

Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 3 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Hampton Zoning Ordinance as follows?

Amend Article II – Districts, Section 2.3 – Wetlands Conservation District. Modify Section 2.3.4 to rename it “Restricted Uses, Prohibited Uses, and Other Standards” and to reorganize the language so that it will be easier to follow while remaining substantively consistent with current practice. Modify Section 2.3.5 – Wetlands Permits to make the existing language easier to follow, and to clarify that when a variance is granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment to allow a prohibited use, the approval of a Wetlands Permit by the Planning Board may also be required. Add Section 2.3.7.I to clarify that any variance requests must be submitted to the Zoning Board of Adjustment in accordance with Section 1.4 of the Hampton Zoning Ordinance.  

What it means: The Planning Department is clarifying and re-organizing the information while keeping requirements under the Ordinance mostly the same as they have been.

No one spoke for or against this article at the Deliberative Session, other than to explain it.